Did anyone get a video by any chance? I didn't think of it until I was already sitting there watching the show - but it would have been nice to be able to let Jason see it since he was unable to attend.

__________________"Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall enjoy everything" -St. Francis of Assisi

Originally posted by skitterbop
There were ~200 at the Wentzville show. It was an awesome turnout. It was a great mix of fans from the area and support from our church.

I hope someone videotaped the thing, because it was great - but, I don't recall seeing any video cameras.

Eric

Awesome. Yes, that is my one regret too -- that I didn't have someone videotape the show. I didn't see any cameras out there at the show in NJ, but I was surprised that one fan (PMAC on this MB) captured a nice video recording of Devil's Elbow, so at least we have that!

Sounds like a big success! Nice work. Did you guys have anything to do with setting this up, Audiori E? If so, I would like to pick your brain off-line at some point (in case my wife ever lets me do this promotion thing again, heh heh)...

The radio plug couldn't have hurt, I imagine. I wish I could get my local Christian radio station to play them on the air. I was trying to get them on it, but that was the thing - they have a narrow list of CCM acts that they play, so I couldn't get them the interview them (though they did display the concert on their website).

Anyways, thanks for the pics and the report - sounds like a great end to a great summer tour!!

Nah, we didn't have anything to do with this show other than a little nudging in skitterbop's direction. With Jason's wedding coming up, none of us could afford to do a regular show on top of it.. but since the guys went out of their way to come through the area for the reception, we hated not to try to find some kind of St Louis area show for them. It worked out great for everyone really.. was one of the best Dogs shows I've seen I think.

Saw a lot of Cstone regulars in the crowd.. Jeffrey K came in from Chicago, Danny Collins from Sedalia, Jim sanders, Brian Quincy Newcomb, etc, etc... we even ran into our pastor from 15 years ago, Dave Martin. Hadn't seen him in ages... Worlds were colliding..

__________________"Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall enjoy everything" -St. Francis of Assisi

07-31-2007 01:36

Audiori Junregistered

Looks kind of like a familiar front propped up tent thingy to keep the sun off the fellers... I am glad everything went so well. I had hung up some flyers on our bullitin boards at MEMC, a few people planned on attending, not sure if they made it or not.

1. Went to every local radio station with Christian programs, found out who the DJ was, and emailed them directly asking for plugs, postings on the web site and interviews.

2. Put flyers up in Christian bookstores. I asked that they be put on counters.

3. Starting 3 weeks before the show, I pestered everyone I knew via email to get them there. I sent lots of reminders - probably 4 or 5. People have so much going on, you have to keep it in front of them. (Especially folks I knew that were fans or had brought the band in before)

4. I got a free listing in the local city Journal.

5. I am the worship leader at our church, and we plugged it every Sunday for the past two months. I regularly play some of their tunes during worship, so we let them know these guys wrote them (eg. Beautiful Scandalous Night, God of Wonders (Steve co-wrote that, I believe), etc)

Other than that... you never know. In the past I've done all of the above for other shows and had no one show up. Sunday was just very cool - lots of things "just worked out". Another thing I really pushed was that it was a family event. We started it at 6pm. It was outdoors. Had free food and face painting for kids. People dig that sort of thing. An evening outside with the family is nice.

I tried several of these things, but probably was not as good on follow-through as I was also very busy with other things too (family, work, church, life in general). Next time I will delegate more to others! Don't get me wrong, everything turned out great - just want to see the "numbers get serious" next time, that's all... Like you said, you never know... This gives me a lot of good ideas - thanks...

I noticed the same problem with CCM radio. They've fallen into the same trap as secular radio. Just play the list....no deviation to allow new songs on the air. A lot of Terry's music would be perfect for these stations!. The last song by him I heard on the air in Houston was "Picture of You", and you know how old THAT song is!

Originally posted by UnderDawg
I noticed the same problem with CCM radio. They've fallen into the same trap as secular radio. Just play the list....no deviation to allow new songs on the air. A lot of Terry's music would be perfect for these stations!. The last song by him I heard on the air in Houston was "Picture of You", and you know how old THAT song is!

"The Last DJ" by Tom Petty is coming true.
Nobody wants to be a nonconformist anymore. I don't have or want XM or Sirius -- do any stations on those services play good music (besides the oldies stations that actually play 50's and 60's music)?

__________________"My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."
-Psalm 73:26